Iowa District Court Stephen Carroll wipes away tears while Aaron Thomas gives his statement during Mark Becker's sentencing in the Butler County Courthouse. Judge Stephen Carroll has sentenced Becker to life in prison after the family of slain high school football coach Ed Thomas gave tearful testimony about the impact of Thomas' murder. Becker was convicted March 2 of first-degree murder, which carries an automatic life sentence without parole. The 24-year-old Becker gunned down Thomas at the Aplington-Parkersburg High School weight room on June 24, 2009.

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Dance Theatre Pilobolus present their show Shadowlands in Moscow, Russia.

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A Shepherd walks with a herd of sheeps as he crosses a dried water bed in the outskirts of Hyderabad, India. Heat wave conditions swept several parts of the country with mercury hovering over 104 degree Fahrenheit in many areas.

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An ash smeared naked Hindu holy man, poses on a motorcycle during the main Royal Bath at the Kumbh Mela festival in Haridwar, India. Nearly 8 million people converged on the banks of the river Wednesday for one of the most auspicious bathing days of the festival that ends April 28. Devout Hindus believe bathing in the Ganges will cleanse them of their sins and free them from the cycle of life and rebirth.

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An Indonesian protester beats a municipal police officer during a clash in Jakarta, Indonesia. A protest over a historic tomb on government land in the Indonesian capital turned bloody, with 90 wounded in clashes between riot police and hundreds of demonstrators armed with machetes and sticks. The protesters believed city officials were trying to remove the tomb of an Arab cleric who helped spread Islam in North Jakarta in the 18th century.

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First Lady Michelle Obama jumps as she dances with school children at the Siete de Enero school located in a low income neighborhood in Mexico City. Mrs. Obama is on a three-day visit to Mexico.

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Indian Sikh children shout religious slogans after being tied the turbans on the special occasion of World Turban Day in a Sikh shrine in the northern Indian city of Amritsar,

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Sarah Palin flashes a thumbs up towards her husband Todd as she begins to address a crowd during a stop of the Tea Party Express on Boston Common in Boston.

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Thousands of people line up near the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Wednesday, to pay tribute at the coffins of President Kaczynski and his wife in the presidential palace.

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A municipal police officer kicks an Indonesian youth during a violent protest in Jakarta, Indonesia. The protest over a historic tomb on government land in the Indonesian capital turned bloody.

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Russian police officers and officials carry the coffin containing the body of Moscow City Court Judge Eduard Chuvashov, who was gunned on April 12, outside the court. Chuvashov was the judge in several high-profile cases, including the February sentencing of nine skinhead gang members who killed six non-Slavs, and was gunned down outside his apartment in the city.

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A plain-clothes policeman detains an opposition activist demanding for freedom of speech during a rally in central Baku, Azerbaijan.

National Force police officer confiscated illegally logged timber carried by boat down the Guamá River in the northeastern state of Para. Brazilian Federal Police, IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment), Instituto Chico Mendes Biodiversity (ICMBio), Amazon protection system (Sipam) and National Force, started on Monday an operation called "Delta" to combat the deforestation of the Amazon and the illegal trade in wood. More than 5,000 cubic meters (176,751 cubic feet) of tree trunks and wood cut from native species have been confiscated in Pará State.

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A Hindu devotee hangs from a rope during the "Chadak" ritual at Chandar village, southeast of Kolkata. Hundreds of Hindu devotees attend the ritual, held to worship the Hindu deity of destruction Lord Shiva, on the last day of the Bengali calendar year.

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A man looks at the "Piercing Wall", an art installation by designer Ron Gillad, during Milan Design Week.

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Soldiers stand next to the coffins of victims of the April 10 Presidential plane crash on the tarmac of Warsaw's airport. Polish president Lech Kaczynski's Tu-154 airliner crashed on April 10 while trying to land at an airport in western Russia amid thick fog, killing all 96 people aboard.

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A woman wearing a raincoat stands in front of the UK pavilion during a rain shower at the site of the World expo 2010 in Shanghai. Up to 100 million people are expected to flock to the massive six-month event from May 1, nearly all of them Chinese.

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Dwarfed by space shuttle Discovery, NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio (R) and Clayton Anderson are seen working in Discovery's aft payload bay during the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. Earth's horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene.

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A model displays a creation by Mexican designer David Salomon during the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Mexico City.